Kerala Sahithya Akademi awards: Sethu, Perumbadavam bag fellowships

Thrissur: Writers Sethu and Perumbadavam Sreedharan won the 2020 fellowships of the Kerala Sahithya Akademi.

It carries a cash award of Rs 50,000 and two sovereign gold locket.

PF Mathews (novel, ‘Adiyalapretham’), OP Suresh (poem, Tajmahal), and Unni R (short story, Vangu) bagged the prestigious literary awards of the Kerala Sahithya Akademi.

The award carries Rs 25,000, a citation and a memento.

KK Kochu, Mampuzha Kumaran, KR Mallika, Sidharthan Paruthikad, Chavara KS Pillai, MA Rahman are honoured with lifetime achievement award. They will receive a cash award of Rs. 30,000, a citation and a memento.

Actor and former MP Innocent's book 'Irinjalakkudakku Chuttam' published by ‘Mathrubhumi’ was selected as the best satire work.

Other major awards:

Literary criticism: P Soman (Vailopilly Kavitha Oru Idathupaksha Vayana)

Drama: Sreejith Poyilkkavu (Dwayam)

Knowledgable literature: TK Anandhi (Marxisavum Feminisavum Charithraparamaya Visakalanam)

Biography: K Reghunathan (Mukthakantam VKN)

Travelogue: Vidhu Vincent (Daivam Olivil Poya Naalukal)

Translation: Anitha Thampi (Ramalla Njan Kandu) and Sangeetha Sreenivasan (Upekshikapetta Divasangal)

Children's literature: Priya A S (Perumazhayathe Kunjithalukal)